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LDL vs. HDL Cholesterol: What is the difference?
Atherosclerosis, strokes and heart attacks are common problems and are diseases that are caused due to high cholesterol that has thickened the walls of arteries. Therefore, immediate...
comparison topics: LDL, HDL
Seasonal Flu vs. Swine Flu
Seasonal flu has always been a bothersome yet generally not life threatening illness that everyone has had to face at some time or another. In most cases, seasonal flu clears up on its own...
comparison topics: Seasonal Flu, Swine Flu
HIV vs. AIDS: Epidemic proportions
We are all acutely aware with the pandemic caused by a potentially fatal virus that continues to spread all over different parts of the world. HIV / AIDSwe hear these terms often in...
comparison topics: HIV, AIDS
Lung Cancer vs. Bronchitis
Bronchitis is one of the most debilitating diseases known to man, although its effects pale in comparison to those caused by lung cancer. While lung cancer is definitely the more life...
comparison topics: Lung Cancer, Bronchitis
Type 1 vs. Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes is a well known group of metabolic diseases that affects millions of people world wide. In fact, official sources use 2007 U.S. data to state that 23.6 million American children...
comparison topics: Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes vs. Pre-Diabetes
Metabolism is the process through which the nutrients from the food are transformed into energy which fuels the body so it can perform its functions. Not all of the produced energy is...
comparison topics: Diabetes, Pre-Diabetes
Flea vs. Tick: Pet Nuisances
Springtime is ripe with fleas and ticks. Some insects display parasitic behavior in interactions with animals as well as with humans. This is the case for fleas and ticks. To remove...
comparison topics: Flea, Tick
Xenical vs. Alli: Fat Busters!
Obesity is a medical condition diagnosed when excessive fat accumulates in the human body and leads to health issues and which may lead to premature death in some cases. Obese people...
comparison topics: Xenical, Alli
Health Care U.S. vs. Canada
Health care is a very important concern for a growing number of people all over the world, and nowhere is this better exemplified than in the U.S. and Canada. The two countries’ health care...
comparison topics: Healthcare US, Canada
Chickenpox vs. Smallpox
An infectious disease is an illness caused by pathogenic microbes, viruses, bacteria, fungi or prions. They are transmissible from one person to another through physical contact, by...
comparison topics: Chickenpox, Smallpox
Shingles vs. Herpes
Herpesviridae is a family of viruses which cause diseases in humans and animals such as the macaque monkey and the mouse. They can cause recurrent infections due to their invasive action...
comparison topics: Shingles, Herpes
Sinus Infection vs. Cold
Two of the most common respiratory ailments have to be the sinus infection and the cold. People tend to confuse the two and may not always tell them apart clearly. This could be due the...
comparison topics: Sinus Infection, Cold
Yellow Fever vs. Dengue Fever
Aside from the annoying noise the female mosquitoes produce and the perceived threat that a simple sting is imminent, some species are carriers for the yellow fever and dengue fever...
comparison topics: Yellow Fever, Dengue Fever
Colon Cancer vs. Prostate Cancer
Cancer is a class of diseases where certain cells begin to grow abnormally destroying other cells and tissues and spreading the abnormal cells throughout the organ or organism carried by...
comparison topics: Colon Cancer, Prostate Cancer
Antibacterial vs. Disinfectant
An antimicrobial is a substance used to kill or to inhibit the growth of bacteria, fungi or protozoa parasites. The first to have discovered their effects were Pasteur and Joubert but...
comparison topics: Antibacterial, Disinfectant
Chemotherapy vs. Radiation Therapy: Cancer Elimination
In the quest to eradicate life-threatening diseases, scientists have studied the effects of chemicals and radiation on the human body. After years of research, chemotherapy and radiation...
comparison topics: Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy
Pink Eye vs. Red Eye: Which one is worse?
The conjunctiva is the mucous membrane covering the sclera the white of the eye composed of a rare stratified columnar epithelium. Its function is to produce mucus and tears which...
comparison topics: Pink Eye, Red Eye
Lupus vs. ALS
According to statistics provided by The Lupus Foundation of America, 1.5 million Americans suffer from a type of lupus. Worldwide there are at least 5 million people with the same...
comparison topics: Lupus, ALS
Sonogram vs. Ultrasound
Combining technology and medicine helps save lives through early diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders. Some of the greatest diagnostic methods that are in use today are the...
comparison topics: Sonogram, Ultrasound
Dengue Fever vs. Malaria
Dengue fever and malaria amongst the topmost dreaded tropical diseases known to man. Aside from their tendency to occur in the tropics and their common carrier however, they are as...
comparison topics: Dengue Fever, Malaria